Chapter 39 39 My boyfriend is visiting my house!

On Friday, while I was at school, the Swordsmen had already cleaned the house thoroughly. On Saturday morning, Luan dragged me out of bed and started rummaging through my closet to try on clothes for me.

"Uh...it's a mess. Actually, there's no need to be so formal."

Just a meal?

"How can that be?! This is the Lord's boyfriend! My boyfriend!" Luanjiang said as she pulled out all the few nice dresses in my closet and tried them on me one by one. "Even if it's just a simple family dinner, we need to be impressive!"

Imposing? No, isn't it cute?

"Of course you have to be cute too." She pouted when I asked. "Momentum is essential for boosting your courage. Otherwise, you'd be so flustered in front of your boyfriend that you wouldn't be cute."

Sounds reasonable? I'm almost convinced!

Anyway, I'd like to thank the swordsmen who practiced their cooking skills hard because they took turns taking care of me when I was young. When Ran and I changed our clothes and went downstairs, Kotani, Hotaru and Ishikirimaru were already busy in the kitchen.

Toshiro has a rather bland palate. When I was still in Soul Society, he usually ate Japanese cuisine. Oh, and sweet food too. He loves sweet natto, and he used to go shopping with me.

Today, neither Chokudaikiri nor Kasen, the skilled cooks, were home. Kotobuki's arm was injured, so he couldn't move around much. Hotaru... he's better at chopping vegetables. The main ones were me, Ishikirimaru, and Ran. So, we decided to just make a few simple home-cooked dishes.

Beef stew with potatoes, grilled fish, stir-fried vegetables, tempura, an egg roll and miso soup, and that's basically it.

It was almost noon, the cold dishes were basically ready, and the beef stew with potatoes was still stewing in the pot when the doorbell rang at the right time.

"Come...come!" I looked at the people busy on the first floor. I took a deep breath and walked to the door and turned the doorknob. "Welcome!"

"Yo."

Toshiro wore his usual prosthetic body today. As the temperature began to rise, he only wore a jacket on the outside, a V-neck white shirt underneath, light-colored pants, and a small pendant around his neck.

Oops… Oops! Why is this guy's private clothes so fashionable?! But—

"What are you holding in your hand?"

“…It’s a long story.”

"Hey, welcome, welcome. You must be Mr. Hitsugaya, right?"

After entering the house, he and I had just put our things away and sat in the living room when Ishikiri Maru brought us the tea that had been prepared.

"Thank you for coming to visit me today. Why did you bring so many things? You don't have to spend so much money."

Behind him, Ran, Hotaru and even Kotobuki were all peeking at Toushirou and the two three-layered Japanese lacquer gift boxes he carried into the house.

"No, I should have come to visit you a long time ago." The young man sat upright on the sofa, completely oblivious to the scrutiny. "As for these, they're just some snacks. I've kept many things from you before, but now, for various reasons, I can't come to visit you in Honmaru. Please understand."

Even though it’s a snack, the packaging looks so high-end.

"I see. Then we will accept it without hesitation."

Ishikirimaru smiled, turned around and led the others towards the kitchen.

"The cooking is almost ready for finishing touches. Please wait in the living room for a while."

As the swords disappeared into the kitchen, I quickly turned around and looked at someone.

"What's going on?"

This Japanese confectionery gift set, which looked very high-end at first glance, didn't seem like something Dong Shilang would give as a gift. Plus, what he just said at the door was a long story... There was something fishy going on!

He frowned and sighed, leaning forward slightly and resting his arms on his legs. "After talking to you on the phone a few days ago, I thought I couldn't go to your house empty-handed, so I asked Matsumoto if I could buy something. Who knew she would suddenly turn on a switch."

Huh? Ms. Matsumoto?

"And Hisagi was there too. Oh, he's the vice-captain of the 9th Division, Matsumoto's drinking buddy, and happens to be a magazine editor. He gave us some advice on what to buy, since he's done rankings before."

According to Toushirou, Ms. Matsumoto and Mr. Hisagi's actions alarmed quite a few people, and in the end, even Captain Kuchiki joined in this bizarre discussion for unknown reasons.

Captain Kuchiki? Is that the Captain Kuchiki I know? Huh?

"You, are you guys free lately?"

"Who knows." He crossed his arms and sat up straight. "Finally, I decided to buy this. It's a luxury gift box that's sold in fixed quantities every day at the number one snack shop on the gift giving list."

this……

“Isn’t that expensive?!”

"It's okay, I just need to get in line earlier." He glanced at me. "By the way, what's wrong with you?"

Uh, is it because this dress of mine obviously doesn't look like something you'd wear at home, and my hair is specially tied up and my bangs are styled?

"Just... went through something very similar to you."

I subconsciously wanted to twist the hair next to my cheeks, but when I felt the hard texture, I remembered that I had curled them all with a curling iron and styling spray that morning.

"Luan-kun, the kid with the long golden hair, said, 'Well, I need to be more imposing,' and that's how it turned out."

"...Why did he say the same thing as Matsumoto?"

I was also confused and could only shake my head to express my doubts.

"Everyone, it's time to eat~"

Dong Shilang and I looked at each other, stood up and walked towards the restaurant.

The atmosphere at this family dinner was truly wonderful. Ishikirimaru was mild-tempered, Hotarumaru had a childlike innocence, Ran was lively, and Kotobuki, though a quiet one, had a gentle expression today. Everyone chatted and laughed at the table, and there was hardly any awkwardness.

"But I was really surprised to see Hitsugaya-kun today." After dinner, he placed the snacks that Toushirou had bought on the table, and Randomly placed his hands on his cheeks, looking at us with a smile. "Because the companions I met before all said you were an adult male, but the Lord said otherwise. Death gods are truly amazing. Can they even change their appearance?"

Well...it's mainly because of the special artificial body and Urahara Kisuke. It's not so magical normally.

After explaining to everyone, Ishikirimaru picked up the cup and took a sip of hot tea: "I see, it's Mr. Urahara's technique. It's not difficult to understand."

"Hmm...if Hotaru wants to grow taller, can Urahara-san help?"

“Huh?!”

"Hotaru...Hotarumaru?"

"I'm just kidding, hehe." The young boy stuck out his tongue and reached out to take a piece of dessert.

What shocked me even more was that Dong Shilang actually answered his question!

"You can try."

The young man frowned slightly, his expression very gentle.

"He seems to be very interested in dealing with the structure of the Death God, but I personally don't recommend you do this."

That's his style of answering questions.

"I see." Hotaru ate the glutinous rice snack on his bamboo stick in one bite, his cheeks puffed up. "I see, thank you, Shiro!"

"Puff—cough cough cough!"

"Wow?! Master? Why did you spit out tea?"

“Tissue tissue!”

I frantically pulled out tissues and waved my hands, "No...it's okay...haha!" However, I couldn't help but smile.

Xiaoshilang, haha ​​...

The temperature around me seemed to have dropped by two degrees.

"...you, this, guy."

not good!

"Just to make it clear, ahem, I didn't leak it! It's none of my business!"

"Oh? Do you think I'll believe you, stupid Homura?"

Damn it! This time I'm being treated unfairly! And how could you call me by my old nickname?! I'm mad!

Who’s afraid of who? I immediately turned around and said, “Everyone, this is what’s going on. Actually, his nickname used to be—Wuwuwuwu?!”

"Okay, NG, no more discussion of this topic. Do you want me to expose your dark past? Run Lin'an's fighting king?"

You were the one who revealed my nickname first!

I accused him madly with my eyes.

Hotaru blinked: "Nickname?"

"Fight... Fighting King?" I saw Ran scratching his cheek, while Ishikirimaru said with a helpless smile: "You two have a really good relationship."

"...Is this what childhood sweethearts are like?"

Kokumi's voice wasn't loud, but it sounded like thunder to both of us. The next second, Toushirou's hand dropped from my mouth, and I withdrew my arm from pushing him, and we both sat back down.

The restaurant suddenly became quiet.

"……puff……!"

A few seconds later, the laughter of several people broke the somewhat awkward silence.

"Master, Master, you were so cute just now, hahaha!"

"...Okay! I get it, stop laughing!"

"Sorry, sorry, we really haven't... haven't seen... ahem, haven't seen you so lively and cute." Ishikirimaru covered his mouth, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

"But what's the story behind Fighting King?" Ran narrowed his eyes. "Could it be that Master, you used to—"

Ahhhhh, we can’t continue this topic any further—!!!

"Ah! Oh right, I suddenly remembered that I have something very important to discuss with Toushirou. We'll go up to the restaurant first. Please clean up, thank you!"

After saying that, I grabbed someone's arm at lightning speed, dragged him upstairs, and rushed directly into my room.

"What a bad excuse."

"Blame me?!"

I closed the door and glared at him angrily. After a while, we both burst out laughing at the same time.

I was so childish just now, what was I doing?!

"Damn it, you're still laughing!"

"Stupid—idiot—" He said it as if he hadn't laughed anymore. The boy rolled his eyes at me, took the cushion, and sat down next to the small coffee table. "Okay, didn't you want to tell me something important?"

Huh? No way, are you serious? I was just trying to fool those Tsukumogami!

I don't know if my expression was too explicit, Dong Shilang narrowed his eyes and said, "You haven't forgotten what you said on the phone a few days ago, have you?"

Judging from the tone of his voice, I bet that if I play dumb now, he will definitely rush over and settle old scores with those people.

"Well, it's not really a big deal."

I carefully picked up a cushion and leaned against the small coffee table.

"It's about my brother."

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The author has something to say: It's like this, Soul Society has been relatively peaceful recently, so everyone is gossiping (dog head)

And some people who know the inside story are deliberately acting as matchmakers, hahahaha!

Hisagi Shuhei: Vice Captain of the 9th Division, a man who had no presence in the original novel but became the protagonist of the novel. He is a good man (Hey!)

The magazine edited by the 9th Division is called "Seireitei News", which is, how should I put it, an information magazine mainly for leisure?

What actually shocked me after five hundred years was that Captain Tosen was one of the people who edited the magazine back then... He looked so serious!

Alas, my stockpiles are almost used up. Lately, I've been catching up on updates for the next day, 1551, the day before. I probably take a break every Monday and Wednesday. Please forgive me, a social animal who generates electricity with love...